Damascus steel & Indian arms reading list
Recommended reading about Watered crucible steel or Damascus steel, Indian arms and armour.
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Mughal painting: 16th & 17th century reading list
Recommended reading about 16th & 17th Century Mughal Painting.
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Modern Indian art reading list
Recommended reading about modern and contemporary Indian art.
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Metalwork of Mughal India reading list
Recommended reading about Metalwork of Mughal India
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South & South East Asian furniture, woodwork & ivories reading list
Recommended reading about South and South East Asian furniture, woodwork and ivories
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Study Room resource: Exploring design processes
This resource contains a selection of architects' drawings from the V&A's and RIBA's Architecture collections. They have been made by architects as part of their design process. They represent all the different types of drawings architects use to research, develop, design, record and present an idea.
Study Room resource: Architects’ drawings and ideas
This resources contains a selection of some of the different types of drawings architects produce at different stages of the design process in order to develop and communicate their ideas. Produced in the 1770s to the late 1990s they also demonstrate how architects’ approaches to drawing and techniques have evolved over time.
Teachers' resource: Drawing in museums
This resource offers teachers advice, ideas and information for the effective use of drawing in a museum.
Study Room resource: The Great Exhibition
Prints and drawings that are not on display in the galleries can be seen in the Prints and Drawings Study Room. To make it easier for teachers and lecturers to access the most popular material with groups, we have developed themed study room resources, such as this one on the Great Exhibition of 1851, which contain original prints and drawings.
Study Room resource: The role and status of women 1900-39
Prints and drawings that are not on display in the galleries can be seen in the Prints & Drawings Study Room. To make it easier for teachers and lecturers to access the most popular material with groups, we have developed themed study room resources, such as this one on the changing roles and status of women, which contain original prints and drawings.
Donate to the Stained Glass Appeal
We are currently working on an exciting project to conserve and re-install the original stained glass on the landings of the Manfred and Lydia Gorvy Lecture Theatre. We need your help to raise £75,000 to bring these historical features back to their former glory for us all to enjoy.
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Luxury Goods from India: The Art of the Indian Cabinet-Maker
Highlights key objects from the V&A's unrivalled collection of furniture and objets d'art from India and Sri Lanka.
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Fri 08 June 2012 11:00
STUDY DAY: Join us for a fascinating day exploring the multiplicity of design produced by the Heatherwick Studio. Hear talks from museum curators utilising our fantastic design resources and visual archives and get a chance to visit the Heatherwick Studio at Kings Cross.
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